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Linda Koharchik1, Linda Caputi, Meigan Robb

  • 1Linda Koharchik is a clinical assistant professor and director of adjunct faculty and clinical affairs at Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, where Alicia L. Culleiton is also a clinical assistant professor. Linda Caputi is professor emerita at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, and Meigan Robb is assistant professor of nursing at Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA. Contact author: Linda Koharchik, koharchikl@duq.edu. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

The American Journal of Nursing
|December 30, 2014
PubMed
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This article highlights the importance of clinical reasoning skills for nursing students. It explains how clinical nursing instructors can effectively teach these essential skills in practical settings.

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